Privacy Policy

This policy exists so that you feel confident about the privacy and security of your personal information. We take protecting your privacy very seriously and will always take all reasonable steps within our power to make sure your information is safe. By providing us with your personal information, you consent to the collection and use of any information you provide in accordance with this privacy policy. Any personal information we collect from you will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and other applicable laws.

The Swallowtail and Birdwing Butterfly Trust holds personal data to enable us to distribute the Papilio! Newsletter and to correspond with you for the purpose of managing and promoting the Trust’s activities. The data we hold are generally provided voluntarily by supporters who have signed up through our website to receive information from us, but occasionally also where we have legitimate interest in keeping a recipient informed about our work.

The Trust uses the data it holds for the following reasons:

For specific and private communication with supporters and like-minded organisations, regarding the charitable and trading activities of the Trust and any associated donations or payments.

To distribute the publications of the Trust electronically.

To advise or remind supporters and like-minded organisations of projects, campaigns, activities, events and meetings through anonymised Papilio! Newsletter Group emails.

All supporters and correspondents have the right to review their own details as recorded, to have those details corrected if they are wrong and to have them removed from the database if they so wish. Information about personal details as held on the Trust’s database may be acquired by contacting info@sbbt.org.uk, or by writing to Swallowtail and Birdwing Butterfly Trust, c/o Hines, Harvey, Woods; Queens Head House, The Street, Acle, Norwich NR13 3DY. At the latest, a response will be sent within 28 days of receiving such a request.

If you believe that the Trust is not managing and storing data properly, you have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Further comprehensive information on GDPR and ICOis available on the ICO website.The Trust does not share, sell or divulge any personal data to third parties, nor does it hold any information on bank accounts.

The Trust’s email and newsletter distribution list is held in our account on the Mailchimp software platform. While we keep this decision under review, we currently believe this to be a secure and professional platform that protects our organisation and its supporters. Recipients of our communications through Mailchimp are able to unsubscribe at any time.

The Trust will inform its supporters about this policy through its website and the quarterly Papilio! e-newsletter.Last updated: 18 April 2018

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Two Master’s students, Susie Hills and Hamish Lillywhite are starting work on the conditions needed by the British Swallowtail and its foodplant, Milk-parsley, in East Anglia’s fens. Their projects are a direct result of our 2017 workshop, the first step in a partnership between SBBT and the University of East Anglia’s School of Biological Sciences.

John Parnell, a retired entomologist who developed a passion for the magnificent Homerus Swallowtail when he worked as a lecturer in Jamaica, has agreed to take up an honorary position spearheading SBBT’s work on the species. John joins the Trust as our vital conservation work to rescue the species continues.

SBBT is delighted to announce World Swallowtail Day, taking place this year on Sunday 9th June. All are welcome to register their local event or come to Wheatfen Reserve in Norfolk for the global launch. Reserves, zoos, butterfly houses and botanical gardens worldwide will join hands to celebrate swallowtails and birdwings and help us to promote conservation projects.

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